Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has approved the Hampshire Solent bid for devolution. But what is devolution, what does it mean for the region and why have May’s county elections been postponed?

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Russell Pickin is a not a man to mince his words and when it comes to the idea of devolution, a planned major shake-up of local government, he was not holding back. "I think it's a dreadful idea.

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Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has announced six new potential devolution areas, namely Hampshire and Solent, Cumbria, Cheshire and Warrington, Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sussex and ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has approved the Hampshire Solent bid for devolution. But what is devolution, what does it mean for the region and why have May’s county elections been postponed?

But the rest of government has been busy, too. Just before Christmas both the Get Britain Working and English Devolution White Papers were published. So are they going to be good for your health? The ...

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There are thousands of large properties that could and should pay more. Wales already has a Band I, introduced after devolution in 2003. But in England, successive governments have ducked three times ...